Name/Title
Hanukkah lampEntry/Object ID
K_0660Tags
storageDescription
Back plate: openwork,with row of four horseshoe arches at bottom, and additional horsehoe arch in center above this row. Projecting image of bird surmounts apex of suspension ring which in turn surmounts "window" in shape of a four-petaled flower, situated above servajnt light attached to upper middle of back plate. Row of oil fonts consisting of four square pans,e ach with two pinched, pointed spouts for wicks (i.e., two lights per pan). Hebrew inscription (somewhat faded) on "windowsill" above oil fonts: "For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life" (Proverbs 6:23). Hook -- apparently for holding candlestick -- attached with copper rivets to middle of lower back plate between two pairs of "windows" in row of horseshoe arches.Made/Created
Place
City
SefrouCountry
MoroccoRegion
North AfricaContinent
AfricaNotes
Date made: 19th centuryDimensions
Height
22.5 cmWidth
12.5 cm